BALTIMORE — Michael King’s goal last season was to throw 100 innings, in whatever role the Yankees needed him. The right-hander didn’t ultimately get there, in part because of a finger injury that cost him two months, but he still proved to become a..
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The Mets had 41 on their minds and 42 on their backs, and then fittingly continued the honoring of Tom Seaver and Jackie Robinson from the pregame to the actual home opener. Their starting pitcher excelled. A guy named for Robinson hit a homer. And ..
Read More »They were a team from Day 1: he the handsome world-class athlete, she the beautiful blonde who was always at his side. Sometimes that was in the stands at Shea Stadium, where the cameras always seemed to find Nancy Seaver. In Tom Seaver’s finest hour..
Read More »The Nets’ defense was inconsistent and unimpressive. But they had just enough star power and just enough shooting to get away with it, and get a 130-123 win over woebegone Detroit. Brooklyn scored its way to a harder-than-it-should have been victory..
Read More »Seth Curry is not only playing through pain nightly, but knows he’s probably going to have to keep doing so for the rest of the season. The Nets guard’s left ankle has been an issue since before his Feb. 10 trade from Philadelphia. And he’s been sui..
Read More »Michael Jordan revealed when he saw a sign of weakness in Shaquille O’Neal. As a ruthlessly competitive player, Jordan did not believe in helping opponents up off the court, and judged those who did — such as Shaq — as lacking killer instinct. “Wh..
Read More »[unable to retrieve full-text content] 9 years ago today, David Wright was named the fourth captain in New York Mets history. In 323 games as captain, Wright hit 38 homeruns with a .280 batting average.
Read More »JUPITER, Fla. — New uniform and fan base, but it was the same Max Scherzer on Monday you would expect with only 2 ½ weeks until Opening Day. Scherzer had pitched so many Grapefruit League games at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium over the years with th..
Read More »PORT ST. LUCIE — Carlos Carrasco turned 35 on Monday, but his birthday present came early in the form of a “new elbow.” After pitching the past seven seasons with a bone fragment in his elbow, the Mets right-hander decided he could not hold off any..
Read More »How key was prying Andre Drummond and Seth Curry out of Philadelphia in the James Harden-Ben Simmons swap? The pair haven’t just started since the trade went down, but they’ve posted the best plus-minus stats on the whole Nets roster. Drummond is a..
Read More »Years will pass and feelings will calcify, and after a while there’s a good possibility that the one thing we’ll remember about James Harden is this: he didn’t want to be here. Or, more precisely, he stopped wanting to be here. And what will be lost..
Read More »Doc Rivers, the best quote among NBA coaches, summed up in one press conference the Knicks’ troubles better than Tom Thibodeau could in 40 sessions. Asked by The Post how the Knicks could’ve gone from 10 games over .500 last season to now 11 games ..
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